Typewriting machine



Oct. 19 1926. 1,603,918

A. s. F. KUROWSKI TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Sept. 14, 1923 //7ve/7/or:

Patented Oct. 19, 1926.

siren srAras ALFRED G. F.

PATENT QFFICE.

KURQVSKI, OF BROOKLYN, NEVI YORK, ASSIGNOR TO, UNDERWQOD 'IYPEWRITERCOMPANY, OF NEX V YORK, N, Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWVARE.

TYPEXVRITING MACHINE.

Application filed September 14, 1923. Serial No. 662,613. r

This invention relates to means in typewriting machines for gaging andholding workpieces, such as sheets, cards, or the like in position to betyped, especially near the bottom edges thereof.

According to one form of the invention,

provision is made of a collating table sub stantially tangential to theplaten at the printing line. Such table may comprise two sections oraligning plates, which maybe adjustably mounted on a transverse bar onthe platen-frame.

To guide to the printing line a down wardly-inserted card, provision ismade of resilient plates or members, extending inwardly from the outeredges of the table, or of the aligning plates comprising the same, andserving to press the card against the table to prevent accidentaldisplacement. Preferably the table and .theresilient members areprovided with depressed portions normally fitting into each other, so asto effect a suitable frictional gripping of the card.

The resilient members are flared outwardly from the table at their upperand inner portions, to facilitate the downward and sidewise insertion ofa card or other work-piece. The resilient members are also utilized togage the side edges of the card. To this end, the resilient members areprovided with reai-wardlyprojecting flanges to form side gages, and withflanges extending outwardly from the rear edges of the side-gageportions, to provide means for fastening the re silient members torearwardly-oifset edge portions of the table. It will be evident that,with this arrangement, the cards may readily be gagedby the side-gageportions of the resilient members.

For determining the line-space position of a card or other workpiece,provision is made of longitudinally-slotted gage-bars projectingupwardly in prolongation of the sections of the table, and of two gagesfor each gage-bar, of which the farthest from the printing line ishigher to permit the gaging thereby of a card overlylng the lower gage.Preferably the gages are adjustable with respect to each other, andalong said slot, and may besecured in adjusted position by suitablemeans, such as a screw. :Obviously the number of gages may be greaterthan two. 1 hit v, v

According to another form of the means for gaging the line-spaceposition of the card or other workpiece, the gage-bars are slotted atregular intervals on opposite faces to receive the forked ends of gagesresenr bling tabulator-stops'. Preferably the por tions of the gages onone side of the forks are comparatively rigid and increase progressivelyin height, and the other portions are resilient to permit the gages tobe forced into position on the bars, and hooks at the ends of theresilient portions to be snapped into locking position. It will beevident that, when this form of the invention is used, a card may begaged to any one of a con siderable number of different line-spacepositlons.

Other features and advantages will here inafter appear. 4

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the invention applied to aportion of an Underwood Standard typewriting machine.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view, showing the arrangement of partsfor gaging the side edge of a card, and for frictionally holding thesame in position on the table.

Figure 3 is a side elevation, partly in sec tion, of the same generalstructure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 is a view showing a complement of gages progressivelyincreasing in height from front to rear.

Figure 5 is a view showing the arrange ment of the gages of Figure 4 ona suitable bar connected with the collating table.

Figure 6 is a front elevation of one end of the collating table, showinga gage-bar equipped with the form of gages shown in Figures 1 and '5.

In the Underwood Standard typewriting machine, a platen 11 is journaled,by means of an axle 12, in' the ends 13 of a platen frame 14, and theplaten is advanced to feed worksheets passing therebetween, and frontand rear feed-rolls 15 and 16, respectively ,by means of finger-wheels17 on the ends of the axle 12, or by line-space mechanism comprising aratchetwheel 18. a

. The present invention relates to an attachment which can be applied tothe structure just described, so that cards or other workpieces 19 maybe introduced bottom edge first downwardly at the front of the platenand CIT held in position to receive typing near the bottom edgesthereof. When the attachment is in use, the platen is not used inconnection with the teed-rolls for feeding purposes, and the teedrollsmay, for convenience, be lett in cast-off position when the attachment1s in use.

As herein disclosed, the attachment comprises a bar 20 attached by meansof thumbscrews 21 to the ends of the platen-frame, two wing-shapedaligning plates 22 attached to the bar 20 forming a table 23, and tworesilient members or plates 24, forming with the aligning plates 22chutes to receivethe edges of one of the cards 19inserted bot tom edgedownwardly toward the printing line, the resilient members 24 beingdiagonally flared away from the aligning plates at their tops and inneredges to facilitate the insertion of the bottom edge of the card, andbeing provided with depressions 25 overlying corresponding depressions26 in the aligning plates to provide suitable means for frictionallyholding the card against displacement. i

As shown in Figure 1, the bar 20 is pro- 7 vided with a plurality ofvertical slots 27,

and each of the aligning plates is provided with horizontal slots 28 toprovide for adjustment of the aligning plates 22, which are held inposition on the bar 20 by, means or" screws 29 extending through slotsof both sets and threaded into two strips 30 extending along the backsof the aligning plates. The slots 28 are in depressed portions 31 of theplates 22 displaced rearwardly from the face of the table suiiicientlyto receive f responding aligning plate 22. It will be evident that, bythe arrangement just described, provision is made of an effectiveside-edge gage :tor the corresponding edge of the card.

To provide for the proper positioning of i the bottom edge of the card19, with referonce to the printing'line, provision is made of gagingmeans to co-operate with the upper edge of the card, To this end, eachaligning plate 22 is provided with'an up- "wardly-extending' gage-bar 36which may be integral therewith, Preferably each of the gage-bars '36 isprovided with a'lOngitudinal passing through a. slot in one arm of theL- shaped'member 38 and threaded into the bridge of the U-shaped member39, so that,

upon adjusting the gages 40 and 41, with reference to each other and tothe printing line, they may be secured in such adjusted positions bytightening the screw 42;. As shown in Figure 3, the gaging portion 40 ofthe L-shaped member 38 is of greater height than the gaging portion 41of the Uehaped member 39, so'that the top edge of the card may be gagedagainst thegaging portion 41 of said U-shaped member, or may extend overthe same and be gaged by the gaging portion 40 of the L-shapedgagemember.

- In practice, the gages 40 and 41 and the aligning plates 22 areadjusted in position for a predetermined size of card 19. One of thecards 19 is then inserted from above and passed downwardly to theprintingiline, as

11 by downwardly-extending fingers or extensions 44 of the resilientmembers 24. v The upper edge of the card is then gaged against one ofthe two gages 40 and 41, and thereby positioned to be typed upon bymeans of type-bars 45, and types 46 thereon. After the typing on thecard is completed, the card is removed or line-spaced by moving ittoposition'against the other gage, and the operation maybe repeated asmany times as required by the entries to be made on the same ordifferent cards.

In the modified form of gaging means, shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6,disclosureis made of means for gaging a card 19in a greater number ofpositions to receive typing. To this end provision is made of gagebars47, which are not integral with the aligning plates 22 but are securedthere-to by suitable means, such as rivets 48; and the bars 47 areprovided with notches 49 at regular intervals at opposite'sides thereof,

so that the notches 49 on one side of each bar 47 maybe used to receivestiifgaging' portions 50 of the set of gages 51, and the notches 49 onthe other side of the bar may receive resilient fingers 52, which arepro vided with hooks 53 at their ends to snap over theedge of the bar tohold the gages V thereon. slot 37, through 'WlllCll' extends a portionof The inven ion is not limited to use with 4 3 iii cards only, as it isobvious that any other kind of workpieces, such as ordinary worksheets,bills or the like, maybe brought to position against the gages andline-spaced in the same manner as the cards.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, andportions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a typewriting machine, a platen, and means for positioning andholding a card to receive typing adjacent the lower edge thereof,comprising a table to support the card for contact with the platen atthe printing line, and resilient clips overlying said table and attachedto the edges of the table, said resilient clips extending forwardly atright angles to form gages for the sides of the card, and then inwardlyover the table to clamp the card thereagainst, said table havingdepressions and said clamps having corresponding protnberances tendingto force the work into the depressions, thereby holding the cardfrictionally.

2. In a typewriting machine, a platen, and means for positioning andholding a card to receive typing adjacent the lower portion thereof,comprising a table to support the card for contact with the platen atthe printing line, resilient members extending inwardly from the edgesof the table, to gage the side edges of the card and to press the sameagainst the platen, and a plurality of adjustable devices for selectively gaging the upper edge of the card to determine the spacing forlines of typing to be written upon the lower portion of the card, saiddevices being fixed during all of such gaging operations.

3. In a typewriting machine. a platen, and means for positioning andholding a card to receive typing adjacent the lower edge thereof,comprising a table to support the card for contact with the platen atthe printing line, means to press the card against the platen, and aplurality of adjustable stops of graduated heights for 'arying thegaging of the upper edge of the card to position the card to receivetyping on different lines, said stops being fixed during all of suchgaging operations.

l. In a typewriting machine, a platen, and means for positioning andholding a card to receive typing adjacent the lower edge thereof,comprising a table to support the card for contact with the platen atthe printing line, resilient members extending inwardly from the edgesof the table, to gage the side edges of the card and to press the sameagainst the platen, and means for gaging the upper edges of said card todif ferent positions, comprising a gage bar and a plurality of gagesincreasing in, height away fromthe printing line, so that the upper edgeof the card may extend over a lower gage to co-operate witha highergage.

5. In a typewriting machine, a platen, table at the delivery side of theplaten, a plurality of gage-bars extending in prolongation of saidtable, and a plurality of top edge gages adjustable along saidgage-bars, said top-edge gages increasing progressively in height awayfrom the printing line, to permit the use of any one thereof to aworksheet overlying all gages shorter than the one in use.

6. In a typewriting machine, a platen, a table at the delivery side ofthe platen, comprising two plates adjustable with respect to each otherlongitudinally of the platen, a gage-bar on each of said plates, and aplurality of gages at line-space intervals adjustable as a unit on eachof said gagebars and against which the top edge of a workpiece may beselectively positioned whereby to control the placement of lines to betyped upon the lower portion of said workpiece.

7. In a typewriting machine, a platen, a paper-table associated.therewith, and means to hold a work-sheet on said table againstaccidental displacement, comprising a depression in said table, and aresilient member including a rearward projection to iit into saiddepression, a work-sheet being gripped between the depression and theprojection.

8. In a typewriting machine, a platen, a paper-table associatedtherewith, and means to hold a work-sheet on said tab e againstaccidental displacement, comprising a shallow cup-shaped depression insaid table, and a resilient member to press the WOPK- sheet against thetable, said resilient member having a rearward projection to enter saiddepression, said rearward projection resulting from the formation of acup shaped depression in the outer face of the resilient member.

9. In a typewriting machine, a platen, a work-sheet guide associatedtherewith, and means including a plurality of stops extending forwardlyadjacent the delivery side of the platen and increasing progressively inheight, for gaging a work-sheet to corre sponding line-space positions.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen, of aplurality of gaging devices extendingforwardly adjacent the deliveryside of said platen and arranged in echelon and against which the upperedge of a work-piece may be pro gressively positioned whereby tollIlGoPElCE the work-piece, said devices being adjustable relatively toone another and to the printing line.

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen and aplaten-frame, of means attached to said platen-frame lo- Inn Ilu

eating aworkpiece with the lower portion thereof exposed to the types atthe printing line, including chutes guiding the side edges ot' theWork-piece as it is moved downwardiy at the delivery side of the platen,clamping members engaging the Work-piece, and means tor gaging theline-space positions of which the Work-piece may be sucoessve- 1ypositioned, said clamping members helding said Work-piece in gagedposition during typing.

ALFRED G. F. 'KUR-OVVsKI.

